19 Publications
2024
Colors, Perceptual Variation, and Science
Watkins, Michael and Shech, Elay
Erkenntnis, vol. 89, (no. 3), pp. 1157-1181, Mar 2024. | Journal Article
2022
Idealization, representation, and explanation in the sciences.
Jacquart, Melissa⋅Shech, Elay and Zach, Martin
October 1, 2022
 
Middle path realism and anti-realism
Shech, Elay
(pp. 175-178). Jul 2022
 
What powers logical inference?
Shech, Elay
(pp. 311-316). Nov 2022
2021
Introduction.
Shech, Elay and Parker, Wendy S
Studies in history and philosophy of science, vol. 85, pp. 30-33, February 2021. | Journal Article
2019
Fundamentality, Scale, and the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
Shech, Elay and McGivern, Patrick
Erkenntnis, 2019-10-24. | Journal Article
 
Historical Inductions Meet the Material Theory
Shech, Elay
Philosophy of Science, 2019-07-19. | Journal Article
 
Infinite idealizations in science: an introduction
Fletcher, Samuel C⋅Palacios, Patricia⋅Ruetsche, Laura and Shech, Elay
Synthese, vol. 196, (no. 5), pp. 1669, 2019-05-00. | Journal Article
 
Infinitesimal idealization, easy road nominalism, and fractional quantum statistics
Shech, Elay
Synthese, vol. 196, (no. 5), pp. 1990, 2019-05-00. | Journal Article
 
Philosophical Issues Concerning Phase Transitions and Anyons: Emergence, Reduction, and Explanatory Fictions
Shech, Elay
Erkenntnis, vol. 84, (no. 3), pp. 615, 2019-06-00. | Journal Article
 
Resisting Scientific Realism, by K. Brad Wray
Shech, Elay
Philosophia, 2019-07-18. | Journal Article
2018
Idealizations, essential self-adjointness, and minimal model explanation in the Aharonov–Bohm effect
Shech, Elay and Shech, Elay
Synthese, vol. 195, (no. 11), pp. 4863, 20181115. | Journal Article
 
Infinite idealizations in physics
Shech, Elay
Philosophy Compass, vol. 13, (no. 9), pp. n/a, September 2018. | Journal Article
 
Teaching and Learning Guide for: Infinite idealizations in physics
Shech, Elay
Philosophy Compass, vol. 13, (no. 9), pp. n/a, September 2018. | Journal Article
2016
Fiction, Depiction, and the Complementarity Thesis in Art and Science
Shech, Elay
The Monist, vol. 99, (no. 3), pp. 311-332, Jul 2016. | Journal Article
2015
Scientific misrepresentation and guides to ontology: the need for representational code and contents
Shech, Elay
Synthese, vol. 192, (no. 11), pp. 3485, 20151101. | Journal Article
 
Two Approaches to Fractional Statistics in the Quantum Hall Effect: Idealizations and the Curious Case of the Anyon
Shech, Elay
Foundations of Physics, vol. 45, (no. 9), pp. 1100, 20150900. | Journal Article
2013
On Gases in Boxes: A Reply to Davey on the Justification of the Probability Measure in Boltzmannian Statistical Mechanics
Shech, Elay
Philosophy of Science, vol. 80, (no. 4), pp. 605, 20131001. | Journal Article
 
What Is the Paradox of Phase Transitions?
Shech, Elay
Philosophy of Science, vol. 80, (no. 5), pp. 1181, 20131201. | Journal Article